Swinging slide valve



Nov. 14, 1950 F. c. FANTz 2,530,295

SWINGING SLIDE VALVE Filed Aug. 22, 1945 2 Sheets-Shea?, 1

Nov. 14, 1950 F. c. FANTz 2,530,295

SWINGING SLIDE VALVE Filed Aug. 22, 1945 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 Patented Nov. 14, 1950 Fredv C. Fantz, Logan Township, Anglaize-County, .l

Ohio, assignor to Henry Pratt Company, a. corporation of Illinois Application August 22, 1945, Serial No. 611,973

' 1V ',Ihis invention relates toY large valves, of the type 4used in water mains, and the like, and more particularly to an improved valvehavng ahead which swings into the planeof the Ivalve seat and then slides into tight engagement therewith.

VThe primary object of -the invention is to provide an improved high pressure valve, which can be made largely of welded steel parts and will operate easily to open one conduit to a valve chamber and subsequently close another conduit.

. Another object of the invention is toprovide an improved swinging slide valve, wherein the valve h ead is pivotally mounted on the end of an operating crank arm, wherein-the center of the crank arm is offset from the perpendicular center line o f the valve seat, so that considerable pressure can be exerted in seating the valve head, yand wear Von the faces of the valve head or seat will not prevent the valve from closing properly.

Another object of the invention is to Provide an improved valve, wherein the valve head may be turned from one valve seat to another, and guide members are provided on the walls of the chamber and on the valve head to direct it from the plane of one seat into the plane of the other.

The invention is illustrated in a preferred em bodiment in the accompanying drawings, in which-f l Figure 1 is a fragmentary plan view of the improved valve; Fig. 2, a fragmentary vertical sectional view of the same; Fig. 3, a fragmentary plan sectional View taken as indicated at line 3--3 of Fig. 2; and Fig.44, a fragmentary vertical sectional view taken as indicated at line 4-4 of Fig. 2. f

In the embodiment illustrated, a Valve chamber 4 has a cylindrical wall 5, which is closed at the bottom by a plate 6 and at the top by a. removable plate 'Irsecured in position by nuts 8. The valve chamber is shown provided with an inlet conduit 9, which is welded to the wall 5, as indicated at I 0. The chamber is also shown provided with a pair of outlet conduits II and I2, which are shown diametrically opposed and extend into the valve chamber. Their inner ends afford flat seats for the Valve head I3.

An operating shaft I4 is `iournalled in bronze bearings VII in the plates 6 and I which form the endwalls of the valve chamber, and extends outwardly through a stufng box I'I. A segmental Worm gear I8 is keyed to the shaft I4, as indicated at I9. As shown in Figs. 1 and 2, a helical drive gear 20 is journalled in brackets 2I and may be rotated by suitable means, not shown, to oscillate the shaft I4. Inside the valve chamber. the

9 claims. (c1. asi-1s) shaft I4 is provided with a crank arm 22,whose end makes a pivotal connection with the valve head I3, by meansofa wrist pin 23 which extends into a bearing block 24, which is secured inthe head byy means of bolts 25.

The head I3 is aY disc-'like member adapted to seat on the ends of the conduits II or I2. -lt has a cap portion 26, mounted in position to enclose the bearing block-24. The valve head is also provided with Wing-like guide membersifZ'I, which extend rearwardly and have an inner curved face adapted to engage guide studs 28, which project inwardly from the end wallsof the valve chamber. The members 21 are also provided with studs 29, which are adapted to engageinwardlyextending curved guide arms 30 and 3l, which are secured to the bottom plate 6 and the top plate 1, respectively. The guide members 21 and studs 29 on the valve head cooperate with the curved guide members and studs 28 on the walls of the valve chamber to direct theivalve head from the plane of one valve seat to the plane of the other valve seat, when the shaft I4 is turned. This prevents the edge of the Valve head from Acatching on the edge of either of the valve seats, as it moves into position.

It will be noted, in Fig. 3, that the shaft I4 is oiset from the center lineof the seats -on the conduits II and I2. As the valvehead is turned into closing position, it first swings into, contact with the valve seat and then exerts a slight sliding mo-f tion as it is pressed home by the crank arm'22. This toggle-like movement enables considerable pressure to be exerted, and the pivotal mounting of the valve head enables it to accommodate itself to the valve seat.

If it is desired to have both of the conduits I I and I 2 open at the same time, the shaft I4 is turned to the mid-position, Where the valve head is out of the Way and will permit liquids to flow freely from the conduit 9 to each of the conduits II and I2.

The foregoing detailed description is given forv obvious to valvel 3. mounted on the end of said crank arm and having a face adapted to engage and close either of said valve seats; and interengaging guide mechanism on an end wall and said valve head to guide said valve head face from one seat to the other.

2. A device as specied in claim 1, in which the valve seatsare diametrically opposed, .and the shaft is4 oiset from the center line of the valve seats.

3. A device as specified in claim 1, in which the interengaging guide mechanism includes a curved guide arm and a spaced stud extending into the chamber from an end wall,1and a winglike guide arm on the valve vhead adapted to engage said stud and having a guide pin adapted to engage said curved guide arm.

4. A slide-valve as claimed in claim 3, in which clearance is provided between the interengaging curved guide arm and wing-like guide arm members, pin and stud so that said wing-like guide .portion moves away from said stud during `inal seating of the valvehead against the valve seat.

5. A 'swinging slide-valve icomprising, Va valve chamber having end walisan'd sidewalls, the side walls having spaced apart valve seats, a rotatable shaft journalled in the endwalls and'extending through the chamber, va crank arm xed to said shaftwithin the chamber,'a'va1ve head pivotally mounted on the end vof .the crank arm, said valve head having a curvedV guide portion and a guide pin, and onezof^the end walls having fixed thereto a curvedguidearm and a spaced guide stud, whereby the curved vportieri of 'the valve-head and the guide pin will engage the guide stud and thecurved guide arm respectively onsaid end wall to directthe face 'tof said valve head from one valve seat to the other when the shaft is turned.

6. A slide-valve asclaimedin claim 5, in which said curved guide portion and guide pin fare mounted on the valve head adjacent one end wall, and a similar but reversely positioned curved guide portion and guide pin are mounted on theopposite edge of the valve head adjacent the other end wall, and said other end wall is provided with a curvedY guide arm and a guide stud similar-to vthose ofV therend wallhaving the curved guide arm and guide stud rstmentioned.

7. A swinging slide-valvecomprising, a valve chamber having end walls fand side walls, a shaft journalled in said end walls and -extending through the chamber, said side walls being formed with oppositely positioned conduit-openings, a valve seat associated/with each of said conduit openings, a crank armiixed to said shaft within the chamber, a valve `head pivotally mounted on theendof the crank arm, a` guide member xed tothe valve vhead and extending inwardly into the chamber, said guide member having an inner :cur-ved surface, a guide stud fixed to an end wall, a curved guide arm Jiixed to the last mentioned end wallfadjacent said guide stud, and a projection onithe guidemember adapted to slidably .engage saidcurved guide arm whereby the curved surface fof Athe guide member will engage the guide studiand .the projection on the guide member will engagelthe curvedfguide arm as thefshaft 'rotates sand .swing 4 the valve head free of the side walls to reversed position from one valve seat to the other.

8. A swinging slide-valve comprising, a valve chamber having side walls and end walls and provided with a plurality of conduits opening into said chamber, the inner end of each of said conduits forming a nat valve seatwithin the chambenfa Yshaft journalled in said end walls and Vhaving a crank arm xed thereto to rotate therewith, said crank arm being located within said chamber to swing therein, a valve head pivotally mounted on the end of the crank arm,

' said valve head having on its inner face a wing- (like guide -member formed with an inner curved face, a guide stud on one of said end walls and extending into the chamber to engage said curved face, a curved guide arm fixed to the said last mentioned end wall and spaced a slight distancelaterally of said guide stud, a stud on said guide member of a length to be engageable with said curved Vguide arm, wherebywhen' the shaft lis rotated theguide Vmernber stud will engage the curved guide arm and the curvature ofthe wing-like guide member will Vengage thefiirst mentioned .stud to floatinglyfreverse the' position of the valve head and move it from contact with one valvev seat to contact with the other valve seat.

9. A swinging slide-valve comprising, a valve chamber having side walls and end walls, said side walls having a plurality of conduit openings and a valve seat for each conduit opening, a shaft journalled in said end walls and extending 1ongitudinally through the chamber, Va crank fixed to said shaft within the chamber, a-valve'head pivotally mounted on the end of the crank arm, said shaft being offset laterally of and parallel to the longitudinal center line of the chamber, and coacting guide means on the valve head and said end walls for guiding the valve head from one valve seat to the other, said valve head having swinging movement with relation-to Vsaid crank while passing from one valve seat to the other whereby the valve head first swings into contact with a valve seat and thenhas a sliding motion as it is pressed against 'the lvalve seat by the `crank arm.

FRED C. FANTZ.

REFERENCES CITED The following references are of record in 'the file of this patent:

kUNIED STATES PATENTS Date `France i-.f ..1932 

